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Syzygy
Aligning poetry, music and the arts
 
Syzygy's goal is to provide poets, musicians, writers, and artists a forum to express their work on the internet, in print, and through live performance, while providing the public with free access to a variety of artistic forms. 
 
Carl Sandburg, Poetry Considered 
"Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away."

 

Perkfection open mic is every Thursday at 7:00pm. 

 

Writers workshop-style group coming soon.

 

Check out our events section for more information. 
Syzygy People
 
Now you can have your own page on our website with sample works, a short bio, a picture of your pretty face, links to your own website, and links to other sites where your work is featured or for sale.  You decide what you want on the page then we design the page for you.  This is a free service for poets, writers, artists, and songwriters!  Visit our Syzygy People section, then click on submission guidelines on the left for information on how to submit.


Photograph by Coline Sperling, featured in our Syzygy People section.
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"Every Morning Upon Waking"
 
Every morning upon waking,
A fresh look at the face, flesh
Uncovered aging, small etchings
In the skin, written with
A powerful impermanence.
All of the stories stored
In smile wrinkles and scars,
The black blood, Love's toll
Coming out in the stool.

And here is the spot where she stood
Unmoved and ruling
With her rough hands and
Her violet voice, a veteran
Of these small battles
Making up a greater war.
She says "enough" when it is time
And she must be trusted
Even as she is feared.
For her spit is the glue holding all of this together.

 

 © Copyright 2008 Chris Barth
Featured in our Syzygy People section.

For more information reguarding Syzygy, becoming a volunteer, financial support, or our events, projects, or website please email info@syzygypoets.com.  You may also contact us through our Contact Us section of the website.